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    Poll: Do I want my engraving bench in my man-cave office? Or in the backyard shop with my welding & blacksmith gear?

    In the house has worked out best for my needs. Having started in a shop similar to what you describe worked out okay in the beginning, moving into the house provides for much more time cutting and the overall environment is better suited for engraving. As far as the compressor issue, mine is...
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    transfers

    I've only ever used a Brother laser jet printer, (have read numerous threads that they simply do not work, I have after market toner) and straight Ace Hardware acetone, otherwise I've used transfer wax or draw straight to the article.
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    TRANSFERS

    In the interest of transferring, if it is a flat surface, use transfer wax (think Chapstick will work in a pinch) on the chosen article, tape your transfer on one side and scribe over the transfer, this will "affix the wax" to the back side of the transfer leaving your design imprint on chosen...
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    Revolver cylinder holder help

    Handy people rule......
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    Revolver cylinder holder help

    Also sheet lead will work, just like the leather pads though you'll want to cinch things up a bit after your initial cut
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    practice

    Looks like it's starting to come together for you
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    Critique Request An attempt at redemption

    Ha, light bulb switch, took me years before I started tracing over the transfer, like you mentioned, just got tired of the ink chipping and congregating at the point, not to mention that under a scope the lines are never really "hairline" Also, by using the scribe it helps to develop that super...
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    Critique Request An attempt at redemption

    On the acetone transfer, it takes a bit of extra time but using a scribe and tracing over the design allows for the removal of the ink and leaves clean lines to follow, just be sure to trace all of the lines before you remove the ink. There are threads in the forum about dressing the tip of the...
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    Question: What is the purpose of polishing a graver?

    As Doug mentioned above, the jewelry industry really likes their work to sparkle, lettering, western bright cut, and Flare Cutting are areas where you want a highly polished graver.
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    I'm just a beginner....

    I would offer a small tidbit of advise, looking at that practice plate that you have pictured it looks as though you are trying to push the handpiece through the work, relax and let the tool do the work. Some threads on photography that helped me tremendously...
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    I'm just a beginner....

    For the hard stainless I use HSS, still spend a lot of time sharpening, difference between HSS and Cobalt type hard gravers is that HSS gets dull versus the hard gravers fracturing, it actually reduces cutting time. Also have read that increasing the face angle helps as well as dubbing the...
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    Fun Project

    Yup, she does, carries it around empty everywhere she goes just to show it off.
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    A good enough microscope

    Found a used Olympus SZ40 on the ebay, thinking it was $400.00, boom stand another $100.00, Barlow lens another $75.00 homemade adapter to mate the scope to the stand, the optics are good, with sufficient ancillary lighting it sees better than I can cut, the focus stays sharp through the range...
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    Fun Project

    Filled with water, completely submerged so when the cap was secured a minimal amount of positive pressure was created.
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    Fun Project

    Thanks for the kind comments, the layout for the lettering on "Sweet" is a bit mis-aligned but I am happy with the overall look, there were three separate transfers on this project. Yeah Monk, she rides horses and used this flask for kool-aid of all things. Difficult to photograph a curved...
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